Energy and Vitality

Oh, it is lovely to be recharged and feel like myself again! Now that I've recovered from burn out, you'll be hearing from me again every week. Over the last eight weeks or so, I took an unofficial sabbatical from everything except the bare necessities. I took six weeks off from school and stepped back from the...

Here's an exercise you can do to assess which areas of your life need some extra TLC in order to shine in 2011. Let's get totally honest here. What's fallen off your plate since the holidays began? What kinds of self-care and nourishment do you need? Are you running on a full "tank" or are you somewhere close to empty?...

When I was in high school, my favorite English teacher told me that the key to producing an "A" essay paper was to stop working once an hour for a 1-5 minute break to rest my mind and engage my body. She encouraged me to stretch, go outside or simply close my eyes and take a deep breath. Another teacher encouraged me to overcome...

I hope you have not come down with your first cold of the season like I have! Usually I'm on top of self-care and nutrition so that I'm healthy and strong all fall and winter, but when you're too busy and/or under a lot of stress those viruses can sneak right in. That's definitely what happened with me. With all the ...